US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM SONOSITE on June 10 for "Handle system for transport, dock retention and desktop positioning of a portable medical device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,705, issued on June 10, was assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE INC. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Handle system for transport, dock retention and desktop positioning of a portable medical device" was invented by Patrick Nally (Seattle), Michael Pinch (Seattle) and Ken Dickenson (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein for securely docking portable ultrasound imaging devices and/or other medical equipment to stand heads and other support structures. In some embodiments, a portable imaging device can include a movable carrying handle that enables the user to easily secure the imaging device to a stan...